Method and system for tiling windows based on previous position

Details Method and system for tiling windows based on previous position Method and system for tiling windows based on previous position

1994-05-20

1996-11-19

Tung, Kee Mei

G06F 300

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055771874

ABSTRACT:
A computer method and system tiles display windows on a computer screen in a fashion that approximately maintains the relative position and size of the display windows as they were before being aligned. Each display window on the computer screen is assigned to a line based on a location of the display window to create one or more linear sections of display windows. The linear sections are arranged to span the computer screen. The display windows assigned to each linear section are arranged to fill the linear section. In one embodiment, the linear sections are horizontal rows and in another embodiment the linear sections are vertical columns.

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